Recruitment

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Before 22/11/1940

After enlistment, the new recruits were posted to various Training Battalions, before joining the 2/30th.

• Belmore, NSW

  • Belmore Day Boys

• Dubbo, NSW

  • 8th Infantry Training Battalion (8 ITB)

  • 9th Pioneer Training Battalion

• Goulburn, NSW

  • 17th Infantry Training Battalion (17 ITB)

• Haberfield, NSW

  • Haberfield Day Boys

• Homebush, NSW

  • Homebush Day Boys - 6th RR Battalion

• North Sydney, NSW

  • 17th Battalion, North Sydney Regiment (17th Battalion Drill Hall)

• RAS Showground, NSW

  • 3rd RR Battalion

• Randwick, NSW

  • 5th RR Battalion

• Rutherford

  • Rutherford Camp

• Tamworth, NSW (6th Infantry Training Brigade) - Manilla Road Camp

  • 4th Infantry Training Battalion (4 ITB)

  • 5th Infantry Training Battalion (5 ITB)

  • Other 6th Infantry Training Brigade recruits

• Wallgrove, NSW

  • 1st Pioneer Training Battalion

  • 3rd Pioneer Training Battalion

  • 18th Infantry Training Battalion (18 ITB)

  • 19th Infantry Training Battalion (19 ITB)

  • 20th Infantry Training Battalion (20 ITB)

• Wagga Wagga, NSW

  • 13th Infantry Training Battalion (13 ITB)

During November, 1940, these recruits gathered at Tamworth showground to become the original members of the 2/30 Battalion A.I.F.

Reinforcements from N.S.W. and other States joined the Battalion later during training in Australia, or were called up as reinforcements in Singapore and Malaya.

(Source: Black Jack, Galleghan's Greyhounds, NAA: B883 Service Records; 2/30 Bn Unit Diary - AWM52 8/3/30)

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